Reference Links

Handy reference links:

• The Stock Market -Technical Analysis Learning Center: Free personal Training videos on "How to Become a Profitable and Effective Stock Market Investor."  This is a free investor learning site that teaches “How to Read the Stock Market” and make “well informed decisions” based on strong facts and a solid understanding of what is making the stock market tick at any point in
  time. Link: http://www.stocktiming.net/
  

• Calendar of Events: Fed. Meetings, Employment Releases,
  PPI, CPI etc.: http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/ecalendar/index.html
• 2009 Calendar: Options Expiration, and Market Holidays:
  http://www.optionsclearing.com/publications/xcal/xcal2009.pdf
• The New York Stock Exchange: http://www.nyse.com/
• The NASDAQ Stock Exchange: http://www.nasdaq.com/ 
• For information on the QQQ, please go to this link:

  http://dynamic.nasdaq.com/services/indexes/ViewIndexes/Nasdaq_100.aspx?symbol=IXNDX

• The Chicago Mercantile Exchange: http://www.cme.com/
• The Chicago Board of Trade: http://www.cbot.com/
• The Chicago Board: Options Exchange: http://www.cboe.com/
• The Russell 2000: http://russell.com/us/SiteNav.asp
• Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/investing
• Bloomberg: http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/wei_region2.html
• MarketWatch: http://www.marketwatch.com/
• Morningstar: http://www.morningstar.com/
• Business Week: http://www.businessweek.com/
• CNN Money: http://money.cnn.com/
• Investors Business Daily (IBD): http://www.investorsbusinessdaily.com/
• Multiple news updates: http://www.stocktiming.net/
• 30 Year Fixed Mortgage rates going back to 1971:  http://www.freddiemac.com/pmms/pmms30.htm